Teacher of the Year slates talk

State's top teacher speaking at ECU.

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The Shawnee News-Star

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Posted Oct. 24, 2013 at 9:52 AM

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Posted Oct. 24, 2013 at 9:52 AM

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Peter L. Markes, 2014 Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year, will be the featured speaker at the annual Marvin Stokes Endowed Lecture on Monday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in East Central University’s Estep Multimedia Room, inside the Bill S. Cole University Center.

Seventeen local district teachers of the year will be recognized as well with a reception at the Oklahoma Regents Room of the ECU Student Union from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Following the reception, Markes will deliver the Stokes Lecture in the Bill S. Cole University Center.

Markes is the 8-12 grade string orchestra and advanced placement music theory teacher at Edmond North High School.

He has 12 years of teaching experience, 11 in his current position.

Markes has a bachelor’s degree of music in education, with an emphasis on instrumental music, from Oklahoma City University.

He will represent Oklahoma in the National Teacher of the Year competition in the spring of 2014. He is serving as Oklahoma’s ‘Ambassador of Teaching’, presenting to teachers and civic groups throughout the state.